Listening 1


Hard to be a genius?

1 How old are British children when they start school?
2 How old are British students when they finish university?
3 What was the job of her parents?
4 Did Ruth go to a primary school?
5 At what age did she finish secondary school?
6 How old was she when she finished Oxford University?
7 Did she have a happy childhood? Why?
8 How many children does she have?
9 Does she teach them at home? Why?

Vocabulary

pass an exam = you are happy because you were successful in the exam ( átmegy a vizsgán )
A-level exam = you take an exam at the end of the secondary school at Advanced level
( emelt szintű érettségi )
secondary school = school between primary school and university ( középiskola )
childhood = when you are under 18 ( gyermekkor )




Listening 2


Shopping Conversations


You will hear five short dialogues. What shops are the speakers in? Choose from the list below.
Are the statements true or false?



1-5
kind of shop
statement
true or false?

clothes shop
There aren’t any fitting rooms in the shop.


supermarket
The customer is looking for chocolates.


baker’s
The customer wants two white loaves and six white rolls.


buther’s
The customer buys six beaf sausages.


bookshop
The customer can’t buy the book she wants.



Vocabulary

in stock = készleten van, kapható
Do you have in stock? = Tartanak Önök…? Van Önöknél…?
fitting room = próbafülke
dozen = tucat (12)
half a dozen = féltucat (6)
pork chops = disznóhús szeletek
chicken breast = csirkemell
beaf = marhahús
if you are interested = ha érdekel / ha érdekli Önt
aisle = polcok közötti járat a boltban
follow me = kövess, kövessen

Listening 3




Listen to Jack talking about where he lives.
Then choose the correct answers.

external image clip_image001.gif1 Jack lives on a ranch in Western Australia /
America.

2 They have 1,000 / 2,000 cows.

3 Jack usually helps his dad in the morning /
evening.

4 Jack goes / doesn’t go to school.

5 Next year hes going to go to work / school in
Perth.

6 The journey to Perth takes four / six hours.

7 There aren’t any shops or cinemas / banks.